It’s only been a year since Darlene Tait started acting in Hallmark movies, but it’s a dream that took ro ...
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Darlene Tait: A Hallmark Success Story
Darlene Tait: A Hallmark Success Story
It’s only been a year since Darlene Tait started acting in Hallmark movies, but it’s a dream that took root when she was a young girl, weaving stories as her brothers and friends lay on their pillows ...
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David Malysheff: Picture Perfect
David Malysheff: Picture Perfect
Victoria cinematographer David Malysheff takes pictures for a living. He’s the man behind the camera on p ...
Victoria cinematographer David Malysheff takes pictures for a living. He’s the man behind the camera on productions such as Amazing Race Canada and Canada’s Next Top Model, the news magazine The Fifth ...
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David Sinclair: Hooked On Helping
David Sinclair: Hooked On Helping
When it comes to volunteering, David Sinclair can’t say no. Since retiring in 1994, he has raised money f ...
When it comes to volunteering, David Sinclair can’t say no. Since retiring in 1994, he has raised money for numerous causes, secured housing for seniors, helped fellow veterans transition to civilian ...
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Chef Don Guthro Today’s Special: Help And Hope
Chef Don Guthro Today’s Special: Help And Hope
D.I.C.E.D is nothing fancy. The humble, indoor-outdoor eatery minutes away from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach ...
D.I.C.E.D is nothing fancy. The humble, indoor-outdoor eatery minutes away from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach features a rustic grass enclosure where hungry diners feast at weather-beaten picnic tables. I ...
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Lorraine Nygaard: A Calling To Sing
Lorraine Nygaard: A Calling To Sing
Not everyone begins a singing career after the age of 50. For Lorraine Nygaard, it was never even on her ...
Not everyone begins a singing career after the age of 50. For Lorraine Nygaard, it was never even on her list of things to do, though she has been singing her whole life. “It was an innate part of me ...
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Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose
Adrienne Clarkson: A Sense of Purpose
Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on t ...
Welcoming new Canadians. Photo: Courtesy of the Office of The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson I’m on the phone with Canada’s 26th Governor-General, the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, talking abo ...
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Marilyn Cobban: Fashion & Fit For Everyone
Marilyn Cobban: Fashion & Fit For Everyone
The first day Marilyn Cobban sold clothes from her Volkswagen van at the Balfour ferry landing just outsi ...
The first day Marilyn Cobban sold clothes from her Volkswagen van at the Balfour ferry landing just outside Nelson, she brought in $500. It was more than enough to turn the electricity back on in her ...
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Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing
Dr. Jane Barratt: A Lifelong Advocate For Healthy Ageing
Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getti ...
Ageing. There are songs about it, books about it and jokes. Tropes on the topic abound: “You’re not getting older, you’re getting better.” “Sixty is the new 40.” And so on. When it comes to the topic ...
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Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer
Michael Kluckner: Vancouver’s Cultural Geographer
The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the la ...
The music was pumping, and the wine was flowing at Vancouver’s Petly Jones Gallery last summer for the launch of Michael Kluckner’s new graphic novel The Rooming House. The Youngbloods, Steppenwolf, D ...
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Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive
Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive
Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art c ...
Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art captured on record for a century is Victoria-based traditional jazz pianist Toni Blodgett’s insp ...
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Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations
Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations
Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...
Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION
DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION
Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...
Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...
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FINDING GRACE AND MERCY
FINDING GRACE AND MERCY
“To see the truth that destruction comes only from myself is not depressing; it is freeing. To see this t ...
“To see the truth that destruction comes only from myself is not depressing; it is freeing. To see this truth, to finally see this, is to be awakened to freedom,” writes Patricia June Vickers in Singi ...
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ROB REID: RUNNER WITH A HEART
ROB REID: RUNNER WITH A HEART
The Frontrunners store on Vancouver Street, Victoria is like a museum, for interspersed among shoes and o ...
The Frontrunners store on Vancouver Street, Victoria is like a museum, for interspersed among shoes and other running apparel are wonderful displays of running history spanning four decades. This hist ...
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DEE LIPPINGWELL: A MOMENT IN TIME FOR ALL TIME
DEE LIPPINGWELL: A MOMENT IN TIME FOR ALL TIME
“I started taking pictures. My grandfather taught me. I actually won my first camera with my grandfather ...
“I started taking pictures. My grandfather taught me. I actually won my first camera with my grandfather when I was five. It was a see-through box camera.” This is a simple story about a girl and her ...
| by John Kelly